Year: 2017

NASSCOM Foundation, along with American Express, boosts social innovations

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NASSCOM Foundation has entered into partnership with American Express to drive social innovation through NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum, and provide free technology education to young girls utilizing the freely available public library space as training centres.   American Express will be donating Rs.1.32 crore for these projects from its CSR budgets. Of this total grant amount, Rs.1 crore will be utilized towards NASSCOM Social Innovation Forum in providing grants and mentorship to social innovators in the area of Financial Inclusion, Healthcare & Sanitation, and Environment. The remaining, Rs.32 lakh, will…

Atal Pension Yojana now has over 69 lacs subscribers with contribution of Rs. 2690 crores

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Atal Pension Yojana currently has over 69 lacs subscribers with contribution of Rs. 2690.00 crores. Chairman, PFRDA Shri Hemant G Contractor however emphasised the need of increasing the pension coverage in India at a recently concluded conference on Atal Pension Yojana. The conference organised by Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) in the national capital saw participation from all major banks, representatives from NPCI, SCHIL, SIDBI, Access Assist and some major MFIs.   “A large section of the society still does not have access to pensions and this is…

‘Northeast is the new ‘Start-Up’ destination’ – Dr Jitendra Singh

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has said that the Northeast is fast emerging as the new “Start-up” destination for youngsters from all over India. He was addressing the two-day National Convention on “Transforming Northeast India” in New Delhi.   Dr Jitendra Singh said that with the improvement in connectivity and transport facility in the last two years, coupled with concentrated administrative focus, more and more…

Vodafone presents Green Diwali Campaign for Delhiites

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Vodafone India has come up with an innovative concept to delight its customers this Diwali. From 16th to 19th October, across its 52 stores in Delhi NCR, Vodafone is inviting its customers to celebrate “Green Diwali”. Green Diwali is a part of its ongoing “CelebratingSuper” campaign, wherein Vodafone will distribute “Super Crackers” to its customers. Also using Augmented Reality Technology, customers can create eco-friendly “Virtual phuljharis” or “E-Phuljharis”.   The “Super Crackers” contain eco-friendly water soluble papers that carry a different variety of seeds of plants with air-purifying characteristics.  The E-Phuljhari is a unique personalized GIF greeting that…

The Suryaa organizes Global Hand Washing Day in Delhi

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The Suryaa celebrated “Global Hand Washing Day” at NGO “Save the Children” School, at Khizrabad New Delhi 16th October, wherein fifty 6–12-year-old underprivileged children participated in the activities.   This year’s theme for the activities was “Our Hands, Our Future”, reminding us that hand washing protects our own health, but also allows us to build our own future, as well as those of our communities, and the world. Following were the activities conducted at the NGO.   1.       Kids were shown a small presentation on the importance of hand washing, when and how to wash hands. 2.       “Tug o’ war” game…

IFC with Karo Sambhav to build a sustainable electronic waste solution for India

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IFC, a member of the World Bank Group has partnered with Karo Sambhav, a collective producer responsibility organization (PRO) engaged in developing and implementing responsible electronic waste (e-waste) management solutions across India for its member producers. Electronic waste refers to discarded electrical or electronic devices, including phones, computers, tablets, refrigerators, air conditioners amongst others.   Karo, focused on the Information Technology Enabled Services Industry, represents several prominent electronic producers including Apple, Dell, Lenovo, and HP and will help these organizations comply with the E-waste Management and Handling Rules 2016 through…

eClerx, along with NASSCOM Foundation, presents Employability Enhancement Programme

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eClerx and NASSCOM Foundation have entered into partnership to launch the eClerx Employability Enhancement Programme. Under this programme, eClerx will provide specific job-related skills training in Analytics and CRM (Non-Voice) to 350 underserved youth and women so that they can gain exposure to better employability opportunities within the IT-BPM sector. The training will be provided across the suburban areas in the vicinity of Mumbai (like Thane, Navi Mumbai), Pune (like Ahmednagar, Pimpri, Chinchwad) and Chandigarh (like Ambala, Karnal).   Speaking on the same, NASSCOM Foundation’s CEO Shrikant Sinha said, “We are glad to partner with eClerx to train the youth from…

Vodafone organises safety session for women students

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Vodafone has organized a session on Women safety & security for the students of Arya Kanya Pathshala PG college in Khurja. This was a one of its kind initiative by Vodafone for taking a step forward for Women safety.   The session held in Arya Kanya Pathshala PG college in Khurja was on Women safety which discussed about the Vodafone Sakhi product and its benefits which enables users to conveniently recharge their mobile phones, without sharing their mobile numbers with retailers, emergency calling on Zero balance, etc followed by a key note for the students…

JLL India to support girl education this Diwali in partnership with Project Nanhi Kali

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On the occasion of Diwali, JLL India, supported by their staff has partnered with Project Nanhi Kali to fund the annual primary education of over 325 girl children from economically disadvantaged families in India. For this, the firm has decided to deploy the funds previously earmarked for client and employee gifting towards improving the lives of underprivileged girl children. Project Nanhi Kali is a joint initiative by the K. C. Mahindra Education Trust and Naandi Foundation.   Effectively, JLL India will provide academic material to enable girl children to access…

Boarding process at airports to become paperless soon

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The Central Government has decided to make the boarding process at airport completely paperless. The Ministry of Aviation is in the process of linking the databases of airlines and airports with passenger IDs like Aadhaar and passport numbers.   After the process gets completed, passengers will be required to use biometrics to prove identity and the need to show ID cards will go away. The airline will show the complete passenger details and there will be no need to issue e-tickets.   The database will also provide information about the…